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Level 2 SKILLS PROGRAMME: ABET (Adult Basic Education and Training) ABET 2 Credits: 35
Duration – 24 weeks COURSE AIM:
The role of ABET is to assist individuals, both employed and unemployed, to learn to read and write, and use numeracy skills efficiently.
ABET 2:
The aim of Adult Basic Education and Training 2 is to provide semi-literate candidates with the skills to form and recognise a number of words and learn to read and write simple sentences in a coherent manner, using the rules of grammar.
Life skills and other necessary lessons are used as a learning vehicle during these sessions thereby giving learners more than just the basic reading and writing skills but also, decision making skills and essential knowledge on health and safety. Teamwork is also encouraged during each of these 24 sessions.
OUTCOMES: - At the end of the 24 sessions, learners will be able to recognise a number of words and know how to read and write sentences in a logical manner. They will also be able to write essential information such as their names and contact details. Learners will also be able to perform simple calculations.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? - This programme is designed for learners who are semi literate, can read and write basic texts and have a fairly basic level of understanding. Learners undergo a 1 day pre-assessment intervention in order to determine their levels of literacy prior to embarking on ABET and are placed in the appropriate learning groups.
PROGRAMME ROLLOUT and MODULARISATION: - Programme begins with a one day Smarts Skills Assessments for new entrants. Learners who are already enrolled do not participate in these assessments. This programme is followed by attendance whereby learners attend 24 sessions, one session per a week for a minimum of eight hours a day or 4 days per month. This programme has been spilt into 24 sessions for maximum effect and with our clients best interests in mind. Learners undergo a summative assessment in the middle of the programme. The ‘how am I doing’ assessments is an evaluation tool for facilitators and is a way of giving feedback to learners.
Modularization: - Lessons are structured into 6 Modules which are further separated into 4 sessions.
Modules are structured in a way that learners complete own work, which is part of their portfolios, while they are learning. This allows learners to start a new session and a new module once they have finished the previous one.
The modules cover a range of aspects throughout the levels but which differs in a level of complexity as the learners’ knowledge increases.
PROGRAMME ASSESSMENT FOR COMPETENCE: - Candidates are provided with easy to complete “own work booklets” which combine to form the Portfolio of Evidence (PoE). They start the PoE during class, and complete a few tasks on their own between each module. The facilitator assesses the learners' Own Work, provides feedback, and if there are gaps, the learners are assisted to complete them until the learner is competent. DIONYSUS awards competent learners with a certificate of competence which reflects credits of unit standard/s that a learner is competent on. There are no written exams.
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